Rutte is an interesting character. From what very little I know, he's not naive and he's deeply professional. I think we should wait to see what's going on. 24hr news is not healthy for deep thinking. It's far too reaction inducing - by design.
The problem with Rutte at this moment is - his position would allow to be silent at some points - but he decides that he want to parrot the trump-regime.
This is not professional! This is dangerous and shows much more that NATO becomes a danger to the democratic Europe!
It is certainly concerning. I personally don't think keeping Trump appeased is useful any more. If Russia were to attack a NATO nation, i do not think the USA would defend it. But i think European leaders still want to keep in the game. We know Trump flips and flops, but about Russia - he doesn't.
Yes that gives me hope. Obviously you’re entitled not to like Starmer - I personally do and am cautiously optimistic about him - but he has been very good on Ukraine. Especially in recent weeks.
We used to have a joke about French tanks… that they had 1 forward gear and three reverse! But i guess you can only joke about that with your BFFs.. We have been having arguments since 1066… but it somehow we always works out in the end
I think behind closed doors talks are already going. There's no point in denouncing NATO membership. It's better to let it wither and at the same time leave our enemies and former allies wondering.
I think it's too risky to let it wither. If Russia does something, members look around and wonder what the USA will do. I haven't heard, is the USA still "the boss"? USA has always held the top position in NATO. That cannot be the case now. Trump would dither while Russia operates. Russia will test.
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(To be fair this happens to me quite a lot anyway 😂)
I would say, Macron hits the nail on the head!
This is not professional! This is dangerous and shows much more that NATO becomes a danger to the democratic Europe!
Because: Trump <3 Putin forevers.
https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/11/07/emmanuel-macron-warns-europe-nato-is-becoming-brain-dead
Europe should urgently create NATOv2, without USA. I think they still pray that USA will 'return to normal'. Delusional, imo.
USA is a risk to Europe now. Not an asset.